David Webster, Bishop's University

Research

Timor-Leste social movements performance international relations transnationalism Canada advocacy archives

Latest funding

Human rights contributions from Southeast Asia
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$7,921
Pacific People's Partnership : Preserving Archives, Saving Stories
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,688
Challenges of reconciliation: lessons learned from Timor-Leste
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$17,400

All 7 grants and awards

Human rights contributions from Southeast Asia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Destination Horizon Grants

Principal investigators: Webster, David

$7,921

Pacific People's Partnership : Preserving Archives, Saving Stories

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: Canada; advocacy; archives; Pacific

$24,688

Challenges of reconciliation: lessons learned from Timor-Leste

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: Timor-Leste; peace-building; reconciliation; international solidarity

$17,400

Long play: the transnational solidarity movement for East Timor

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: Timor-Leste; social movements; performance; international relations; transnationalism

$73,109

Memory, truth and reconciliation in Southeast Asia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: truth commissions; memory; reconciliation; Timor-Leste; West Papua; Indonesia

$25,000

Canadian churches and the trans-Pacific the Canada Asia working group and the Canada China programme

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: churches; foreign relations; Canada; Asia; China

$34,264

Notion-states: non-state diplomacy on the Pacific Rim

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Webster, David

Keywords: timor-leste; Indonesia; Malaysia; New Caledonia; nationalism

$68,835

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Timor-Leste Dear Professor Webster, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on timor-leste connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Human rights contributions from Southeast Asia" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]